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R. G. LEDIG AND A. PAPINI.

ELECTROLYTIC WATER HEATER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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RICHARD G. LEDIG AND ANTONIQ PAPINI, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO A. MEOKY COMPANY, OF EHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A.

CURLQRATIDN OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Application filed February Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9. 1926.

Serial fic. 276,905.

T 0 all whom it may concern. trodes, casing and caps, holding them tightly Eli Be it known that we, RICHARD G. LEDIG, connected.

a citizen or the United States, and ANTONIO interposed between the ends of the elec- PArrNI, a subject of the King or" Italy, havtrodes and the inner faces of the caps are ing resided in the United States one year washers, gaskets or cement forming the last past and having declared my intenpackings 8 to form water tight joints for tion of becoming a citizen thereof, both for said electrodes and caps. residing in the city and county of Philadel- Screwed or otherwise secured to the side phia, State 0-2 Pennsylvania, have invented flange of the lower cap is the water supply in a new and useful Electrolytic Waterpipe 9 which passes through the outer elec- Heater, of which the following is a specitrode and is in communication with the fication, water space 3, said pipe being adapted to be @111 invention consists of a water heater connected with a source of water and direct formed of a plurality oi electrodes with a it into said space.

15 water chamber between the same, and means Screwed or otherwise secured to the side for energizing said electrodes whereby when flange of the upper cap is the pipe 10 which 7 0 water is supplied to said chamber it forms passes through the outer electrode and is a resistance to the passage of the current in communication with the water space 3 which generates heat. so as to direct or discharge the water from 20 The invention is satisfactorily illustrated the latter.

in the accompanying drawing, but the im- Said pipes 9 and 10 are suitably packed portant instrumentalities thereof may be as at 11 to provide tight joints at relative varied, and so it is to be understood that the places and prevent leakage thereat. 0n the invention is not limited to the specific deupper cap is supported and secured th 25 tails shown and described, as long as they block 12 of insulating material, the same are within the spirit or scope of the claims. having therein the openings 13, through Figure 1 represents a central vertical secwhich are passed the pins 14: comprising tion of an electrolytic water heater embody poles whose lower ends passing through the ing our invention. packings 8 are fitted in openings in the upas Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view per ends of the electrodes 2, so as to be in thereof. electric communication with the latter. In

Fig. 3 represents a transverse horizontal order to retain said poles in operative posection thereof on line 3-3 Fig. 1. sition they are provided with shoulders 15, Fig. 4 represents a vertical section of a on which are seated the springs 16 which 85 detached portion on an enlarged scale. are adapted to press against said shoulders,

Similar numerals of reference indicate and are also seated against the top wall of corresponding parts in the figures. the block 12 so that the poles are forced Referring to the drawings. downwardly into engagement with the elec- 1 designates the exterior casing of the trodes, said shoulders and springs freely 40 device, the same being formed of metal or occupying the recesses 17 in the block 12.

other suitable material. Within said cas- The upper ends of said poles are connecting are the concentric electrodes 2 formed ed with wires or conductors 18 leading from of carbon or other suitable material and tuan electrical source of energy so as to elecbular or cylindrical in form and having betrically energize the electrodes 2. The block 45 tween them the space 3 forming a chamber 12 is secured to the adjacent cap by the to receive water to be heated. screws 19 or other suitable means.

On the ends of the electrodes are placed It will be seen that the, water in the chamthe caps 4 which close the same, they being her 3 between the electrodes forms a resistof insulating material and having on their ance to the'passage of the current.

0 sides the undercuts or flanges 5 on which In order to retain the electrodes 2 in the ends of the casing 1 are seated. Passproper position to preserve the water re- 106 and the central elecwhich is provided with bind together the elecing through the caps trode is the bolt 6 the nut 7 serving to ceiving space or chamber 3, the inner faces ofthe caps have thereon the beads or ribs 20 which are adapted to project into the 7 vided with depending ends of the said chamber between the adjacent end portions of the electrodes as stops to control the electrodes against lateral shifting on the caps, the effect of which is evident.

Having thus described our invention What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A plurality of electrodes, one Within the other and providing a Water receiving chamber therebetween, a cap secured to each end of said electrodes, said caps being proceiving therebetween the ends of said elecsaid electrodes controdes a casing for spacing flanges reteaser? nectible with said caps means extending through said caps and the inner electrode and adapted to secure said electrodes and casing to said caps, a Water inlet leading to said water receiving chamber, a water discharge outlet leading from said Water receiving chamber, and poles in one of said caps adapted to resiliently and electrically contact with said electrodes.

RICHARD G. LEDIG. ANTQNIO PAPINI. /Vitnesses:

ALBERT 1E. PARKER,- ALBERT MAYER. 

